I can't remember who wrote it, but something along the lines of "i don't mind the starbucksification of manhatten, anything that add's clean public bathrooms is a good idea"

I prefer this TED talk

Before they mentioned food I briefly wondered if perhaps the darker ink of roads affected travel? fractionally warmer than the lighter map?

I KNOW! that's almost as bad as my last laptop when it had Vista.

I think I might wander down, say 'why?'

responiisble

a painful but entertaining application of P=F.A?

Firstly, what an idiot.

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I must have owned it at one point. I have vague memories of it resurfacing. Obviously tried to block them out.

you obviously never played Nerf Blast.

I was once told that Marine One has a special seat for the president, based on the statistical chance of surviving a crash.

Turn it off, wait 10 seconds, then turn it back on again?

This.

Slower than a rocket but cheaper on a per load basis I'm assuming

Because xkcd covers almost everything.

Presumably there would be more than one station?

You don't have to reach 36,000 KM, international space station is only 400 km up

your link is looped?

Pft, I prefer the other way round.